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  1. Geospatial Analytics in Retail Site Selection and Sales Prediction
    Ting CY, Ho CC, Yee HJ, Matsah WR
    Big Data, 2018 03;6(1):42-52.
    PMID: 29570414 DOI: 10.1089/big.2017.0085
    Studies have shown that certain features from geography, demography, trade area, and environment can play a vital role in retail site selection, largely due to the impact they asserted on retail performance. Although the relevant features could be elicited by domain experts, determining the optimal feature set can be intractable and labor-intensive exercise. The challenges center around (1) how to determine features that are important to a particular retail business and (2) how to estimate retail sales performance given a new location? The challenges become apparent when the features vary across time. In this light, this study proposed a nonintervening approach by employing feature selection algorithms and subsequently sales prediction through similarity-based methods. The results of prediction were validated by domain experts. In this study, data sets from different sources were transformed and aggregated before an analytics data set that is ready for analysis purpose could be obtained. The data sets included data about feature location, population count, property type, education status, and monthly sales from 96 branches of a telecommunication company in Malaysia. The finding suggested that (1) optimal retail performance can only be achieved through fulfillment of specific location features together with the surrounding trade area characteristics and (2) similarity-based method can provide solution to retail sales prediction.
    Matched MeSH terms: Demography
  2. Fulltext Probing environmental sustainability pathways in G7 economies: the role of energy transition, technological innovation, and demographic mobility
    Ibrahim RL, Al-Mulali U, Solarin SA, Ajide KB, Al-Faryan MAS, Mohammed A
    Environ Sci Pollut Res Int, 2023 Jun;30(30):75694-75719.
    PMID: 37225949 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-023-27472-6
    Global warming remains the most devastating environmental issue embattling the global economies, with significant contributions emanating from CO2 emissions. The continued rise in the level of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions serves as a compelling force which constitutes the core of discussion at the recent COP26 prompting nations to commit to the net-zero emission target. The current research presents the first empirical investigation on the roles of technological advancement, demographic mobility, and energy transition in G7 pathways to environmental sustainability captured by CO2 emissions per capita (PCCO2) from 2000 to 2019. The study considers the additional impacts of structural change and resource abundance. The empirical backings are subjected to pre-estimation tests consisting of cross-sectional dependence, second-generation stationarity, and panel cointegration tests. The model estimation is based on cross-sectional augmented autoregressive distributed lag, dynamic common correlated effects mean group, and augmented mean group for the main analysis and robustness checks. The findings reveal the existence of EKC based on the direct and indirect effects of the components of economic growth. The indicators of demographic mobility differ in the direction of influence on PCCO2. For instance, while rural population growth negatively influences PCCO2 in the short-run alone, urban population growth increases PCCO2 in the short-run and long-run periods. Nonrenewable energy, information computer technology (ICT) imports, and mobile cellular subscriptions serve as positive predictors of PCCO2, while ICT exports and renewable energy moderate the surge in PCCO2. Policy implications that enhance environmental sustainability are suggested following the empirical verifications.
    Matched MeSH terms: Demography
  3. Fulltext Caesarean delivery and its correlates in Northern Region of Bangladesh: application of logistic regression and cox proportional hazard model
    Rahman M, Shariff AA, Shafie A, Saaid R, Tahir RM
    J Health Popul Nutr, 2015;33:8.
    PMID: 26825988 DOI: 10.1186/s41043-015-0020-2
    Caesarean delivery (C-section) rates have been increasing dramatically in the past decades around the world. This increase has been attributed to multiple factors such as maternal, socio-demographic and institutional factors and is a burning issue of global aspect like in many developed and developing countries. Therefore, this study examines the relationship between mode of delivery and time to event with provider characteristics (i.e., covariates) respectively.
    Matched MeSH terms: Demography
  4. Fulltext Medical Standby: An Experience at the 4(th) National Youth Camping and Motivation Program Organized by Maksak Malaysia
    Zakaria MI, Isa RM, Shah Che Hamzah MS, Ayob NA
    Malays J Med Sci, 2006 Jan;13(1):43-51.
    PMID: 22589590
    Medical standby is the provision of emergency medical care and first aid for participants and/or spectators in a pre-planned event. This article describes the framework and the demographics of a medical standby at the 4(th) National Youth Camping and Motivation Program in Pasir Puteh, Kelantan from 30(th) July until the 3(rd) August 2004. The framework of the medical team is described based on the work process of any medical stand by. A medical encounter form was created for the medical standby defining the type of case seen (medical or trauma), name, age, race and diagnosis of the patient. We concluded that interagency collaboration during the initial planning and during the event itself is needed to ensure the smooth running of the medical standby. Most of the medical encounters were minor illnesses which are similar to previous studies and there was no case transferred to the hospital during that period.
    Matched MeSH terms: Demography
  5. Fulltext Management and Clinical Outcome of Children with Transfusion-Dependent Thalassaemia in Hospital Tuanku Ja'afar Seremban
    Aina Mariana AM, Yap SH
    Med J Malaysia, 2014 Aug;69(4):178-83.
    PMID: 25500846 MyJurnal
    The aim of this study was to evaluate the management and clinical outcome of transfusion-dependent thalassaemia children receiving care in the Paediatric Ambulatory Care Centre, Hospital Tuanku Ja'afar Seremban in comparison to The Malaysian Clinical Practice Guidelines. The demography, management and clinical outcome of the patients were documented using a checklist. Information on compliance to chelation agents was obtained through interview. There were twenty-six patients recruited in this study out of thirty seven patients registered in the centre. This study showed that more effort and vigilance should be given to ensure that the management of these patients adheres to the guidelines and clinical outcome of these patients monitored closely.

    Study site: Paediatric Ambulatory Care Centre, Hospital Tunku Ja'afar, Seremban.
    Matched MeSH terms: Demography
  6. Six new species of the spider family Ochyroceratidae Fage 1912 (Arachnida: Araneae) from Southeast Asia
    Li F, Li S, Jäger P
    Zootaxa, 2014;3768:119-38.
    PMID: 24871171 DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3768.2.2
    Five new Althepus species and one new Psiloderces species of the family Ochyroceratidae are described from Southeast Asia: Althepus erectus spec. nov. (male) and A. nophaseudi spec. nov. (male, female) from Laos, A. flabellaris spec. nov. (male, female) from Thailand, A. reduncus spec. nov. (male) from Myanmar, A. spiralis spec. nov. (male) from Malaysia, and Psiloderces dicellocerus spec. nov. (male) from Indonesia. Primary types are deposited in the Senckenberg Research Institute in Frankfurt, Germany (SMF).
    Matched MeSH terms: Demography
  7. First record of the tree-frog genus Chiromantis from Borneo with the description of a new species (Amphibia: Rhacophoridae)
    Matsui M, Shimada T, Sudin A
    Zoolog Sci, 2014 Jan;31(1):45-51.
    PMID: 24410495 DOI: 10.2108/zsj.31.45
    We record a tree frog of the genus Chiromantis for the first time from outside the Southeast Asian continent and describe it as a new species, Chiromantis inexpectatus. The new species from the Malaysian state of Sabah, Borneo, is a small-sized Chiromantis (male snout-vent length ca. 22 mm), and is distinguished from all other members of the genus by the combination of the following morphological characteristics: dark stripes absent, but dark spots present on dorsum; a dark-brown lateral band present from snout tip to half of body, bordered ventrally by white stripe; third and fourth fingers less than half webbed; third finger disk wider than tympanum diameter; and inner metatarsal tubercle present. Significance of findings of this species from Borneo Island, as well as phylogeny and breeding habit of the genus Chiromantis, are briefly discussed.
    Matched MeSH terms: Demography
  8. Fulltext Population structure and demographic history of a tropical lowland rainforest tree species Shorea parvifolia (Dipterocarpaceae) from Southeastern Asia
    Iwanaga H, Teshima KM, Khatab IA, Inomata N, Finkeldey R, Siregar IZ, et al.
    Ecol Evol, 2012 Jul;2(7):1663-75.
    PMID: 22957170 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.284
    Distribution of tropical rainforests in Southeastern Asia has changed over geo-logical time scale, due to movement of tectonic plates and/or global climatic changes. Shorea parvifolia is one of the most common tropical lowland rainforest tree species in Southeastern Asia. To infer population structure and demographic history of S. parvifolia, as indicators of temporal changes in the distribution and extent of tropical rainforest in this region, we studied levels and patterns of nucleotide polymorphism in the following five nuclear gene regions: GapC, GBSSI, PgiC, SBE2, and SODH. Seven populations from peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, and eastern Borneo were included in the analyses. STRUCTURE analysis revealed that the investigated populations are divided into two groups: Sumatra-Malay and Borneo. Furthermore, each group contained one admixed population. Under isolation with migration model, divergence of the two groups was estimated to occur between late Pliocene (2.6 MYA) and middle Pleistocene (0.7 MYA). The log-likelihood ratio tests of several demographic models strongly supported model with population expansion and low level of migration after divergence of the Sumatra-Malay and Borneo groups. The inferred demographic history of S. parvifolia suggested the presence of a scarcely forested land bridge on the Sunda Shelf during glacial periods in the Pleistocene and predominance of tropical lowland rainforest at least in Sumatra and eastern Borneo.
    Matched MeSH terms: Demography
  9. Securing a future for wild Indochinese tigers: Transforming tiger vacuums into tiger source sites
    Lynam AJ
    Integr Zool, 2010 Dec;5(4):324-334.
    PMID: 21392350 DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-4877.2010.00220.x
    A century ago, tigers (Panthera tigris Linnaeus, 1758) were so common in parts of Southeast Asia as to be considered pests, and governments sponsored their killing. Habitat loss and fragmentation, market-driven poaching and loss of prey have since led to the disappearance of Indochinese tigers from most their former range. Despite 15 years of dedicated tiger conservation funding, national estimates of Indochinese tiger subpopulations can at best only be roughly approximated. The future for the subspecies appears grim unless very focused efforts can be applied to stabilize and recover subpopulations. On a regional scale, the 2 proposed subspecies Panthera tigris corbetti and P. tigris jacksoni are effectively managed as separate conservation units. Evaluating where to place conservation efforts should consider the vulnerability (likelihood of extinction) and irreplaceability (likelihood that an area contributes uniquely to regional conservation) of tiger subpopulations. Only 1 site in Thailand supporting <200 individuals (Huai Kha Khaeng-Thung Yai) is considered low vulnerability, and is irreplaceable. Five sites in Lao, Thailand and Peninsular Malaysia are medium vulnerability and irreplaceable. Priorities at these 6 sites are to double tiger numbers within 10 years through protection and monitoring. Seven sites in Lao, Thailand and Myanmar are high vulnerability and irreplaceable, and might be recovered if government commitment to tigers, staff capacity and legal frameworks for tiger protection are established. Tigers are extremely vulnerable or even extinct in Cambodia's Eastern Plains and the site is irreplaceable for tigers because it represents the only large (>10,000 km(2) ) block of dry forest habitat available in the region. A reintroduction program is the only option to recover tigers there.
    Matched MeSH terms: Demography
  10. Fulltext Trends in presentation, management and survival of patients with de novo metastatic breast cancer in a Southeast Asian setting
    Bhoo-Pathy N, Verkooijen HM, Tan EY, Miao H, Taib NA, Brand JS, et al.
    Sci Rep, 2015;5:16252.
    PMID: 26536962 DOI: 10.1038/srep16252
    Up to 25% of breast cancer patients in Asia present with de novo metastatic disease. We examined the survival trends of Asian patients with metastatic breast cancer over fifteen years. The impact of changes in patient's demography, tumor characteristics, tumor burden, and treatment on survival trend were examined. Patients with de novo metastatic breast cancer from three hospitals in Malaysia and Singapore (N = 856) were grouped by year of diagnosis: 1996-2000, 2001-2005 and 2006-2010. Step-wise multivariable Poisson regression was used to estimate the contribution of above-mentioned factors on the survival trend. Proportions of patients presenting with metastatic breast cancer were 10% in 1996-2000, 7% in 2001-2005, and 9% in 2006-2010. Patients in 2006-2010 were significantly older, appeared to have higher disease burden, and received more chemotherapy, endocrine therapy, and surgery of primary tumor. The three-year relative survival in the above periods were 20·6% (95% CI: 13·9%-28·2%), 28·8% (95% CI: 23·4%-34·2%), and 33·6% (95% CI: 28·8%-38·5%), respectively. Adjustment for treatment considerably attenuated the relative excess risk of mortality in recent years, compared to other factors. Substantial improvements in survival were observed in patients with de novo metastatic breast cancer in this study.
    Matched MeSH terms: Demography
  11. Perception of community pharmacists towards the barriers to enhanced pharmacy services in the healthcare system of Dubai: a quantitative approach
    Rayes IK, Hassali MA, Abduelkarem AR
    Pharm Pract (Granada), 2015 06 15;13(2):506.
    PMID: 26131039
    BACKGROUND: In many developing countries, pharmacists are facing many challenges while they try to enhance the quality of services provided to patients approaching community pharmacies.

    OBJECTIVE: To explore perception of community pharmacists in Dubai regarding the obstacles to enhanced pharmacy services using a part of the results from a nation-wide quantitative survey.

    METHODS: A questionnaire was distributed to 281 full-time licensed community pharmacists in Dubai. The questionnaire had 5 inter-linked sections: demographic information, information about the pharmacy, interaction with physicians, pharmacists' current professional role, and barriers to enhanced pharmacy services.

    RESULTS: About half of the respondents (45.4%, n=90) agreed that pharmacy clients under-estimate them and 52.5% (n=104) felt the same by physicians. About 47.5% (n=94) of the respondents felt that they are legally unprotected against profession's malpractice. Moreover, 64.7% (n=128) stated that pharmacy practice in Dubai turned to be business-focused. In addition, 76.8% (n=252) found that one of the major barriers to enhanced pharmacy services is the high business running cost. Pharmacists screened tried to prove that they are not one of the barriers to optimized pharmacy services as 62.7% (n=124) disagreed that they lack appropriate knowledge needed to serve community and 67.7% (n=134) gave the same response when asked whether pharmacy staff lack confidence when treating consumers or not.

    CONCLUSIONS: Although being well established within the community, pharmacists in Dubai negatively perceived their own professional role. They stated that there are number of barriers which hinder optimized delivery of pharmacy services like under-estimation by pharmacy clients and other healthcare professionals, pressure to make sales, and high running cost.

    Matched MeSH terms: Demography
  12. New world order. Overcrowded
    Asiaweek, 1995 Sep 29.
    PMID: 12290445
    Matched MeSH terms: Demography
  13. [Population growth and mortality decline in Southeast Asia]
    Kobayashi K
    Tonan Ajia Kenkyu, 1982 Sep;20(2):143-67.
    PMID: 12312334
    Matched MeSH terms: Demography
  14. Environmental correlates of ranging behaviour in the banded langur, Presbytis melalophos
    Bennett EL
    Folia Primatol., 1986;47(1):26-38.
    PMID: 3557228
    Data are presented from a long-term study of banded langurs in three contrasting rain forest habitats in Peninsular Malaysia. Results from different sites and months are used to correlate ranging patterns with food availability and other environmental variables. Day range lengths are correlated with availability of preferred foods; the degree of territoriality is related to the distribution and size of food sources and length of time for which any one of these produces favoured food items.
    Matched MeSH terms: Demography
  15. Urbanization of the Malays since independence: evidence from West Malaysia, 1957 and 1970
    Rimmer PJ, Cho GC
    J Southeast Asian Stud, 1981 Sep;12(2):349-63.
    PMID: 12312310
    Matched MeSH terms: Demography
  16. Malaysia: population: 13.43 million Malaysians
    Data Asia, 1981 Feb;10(8):7691-2.
    PMID: 12262368
    Matched MeSH terms: Demography
  17. Habitat heterogeneity and niche structure of trees in two tropical rain forests
    Potts MD, Davies SJ, Bossert WH, Tan S, Nur Supardi MN
    Oecologia, 2004 May;139(3):446-53.
    PMID: 14997378
    Dispersal-assembly theories of species coexistence posit that environmental factors play no role in explaining community diversity and structure. Dispersal-assembly theories shed light on some aspects of community structure such as species-area and species-abundance relationships. However, species' environmental associations also affect these measures of community structure. Measurements of species' niche breadth and overlap address this influence. Using a new continuous measure of niche and a dispersal-assembly null model that maintains species' niche breadth and aggregation, we tested two hypotheses assessing the effects of habitat heterogeneity on the ability of dispersal-assembly theories to explain community niche structure. We found that in both homogenous and heterogeneous environments dispersal-assembly theories cannot fully explain observed niche structure. The performance of the dispersal-assembly null models was particularly poor in heterogeneous environments. These results indicate that non-dispersal based mechanisms are in part responsible for observed community structure and measures of community structure which include species' environmental associations should be used to test theories of species diversity.
    Matched MeSH terms: Demography
  18. Fulltext Dataset on the green consumption behaviour amongst Malaysian consumers
    Ghani NAM, Yusop FD, Kamarulzaman Y
    Data Brief, 2020 Oct;32:106302.
    PMID: 32995394 DOI: 10.1016/j.dib.2020.106302
    This dataset contains information of 375 respondents on green consumption behaviour. The questionnaire was developed using Theory of Planned Behaviour as the foundation. The variables available in the dataset are Environmental Concern (EC), Social Influence (SI), Perceived behavioural control (PBC), Consumer novelty seeking (CNS) and Green consumption behaviour (GC). In addition to the variables related to green consumption, the dataset also includes demographic and media preference information of the respondents. The data was collected via self-administered questionnaire in seven major cities in Klang Valley, namely Shah Alam, Bangsar, Petaling Jaya, Subang Jaya, Puchong, Serdang and Putrajaya. The dataset can have an important role for research in consumer behaviour towards developing green consumers.
    Matched MeSH terms: Demography
  19. Fulltext Effects of touch-screen technology usage on the hand skills dataset
    Aman NA, Chien CW, Judd J, Daud AZC
    Data Brief, 2020 Dec;33:106358.
    PMID: 33083507 DOI: 10.1016/j.dib.2020.106358
    This data article describes the hand skills of pre-school children between five and six years old from five schools under the Ministry of Education Malaysia. These data may be used in a journal article later to show the effects of touch-screen technology usage on hand skills of pre-school children. Demographic characteristics, hand skills ability and frequency of touch-screen technology usage data that was collected from August to September 2019. These data may be used in a future systematic review, meta-analysis and meta-regression analysis to conclude the effects of touch-screen technology usage on children's hand skills. Parents, teachers and health practitioners may refer to these data to note the effects of touch-screen technology usage on hand skills of pre-school children.
    Matched MeSH terms: Demography
  20. Fulltext Level of depression, anxiety and stress experienced by student members of armed uniform body at UiTM Perlis Branch
    Khor, Poy Hua, Muhamad Hairiss B Ishak, Lim, Khong Chiu
    Journal of Academia Universiti Teknologi MARA Negeri Sembilan, 2020;8(2):58-66.
    MyJurnal
    This study evaluates the depression, anxiety, and stress level among student members of armed uniform
    body at Universiti Teknologi MARA Perlis Branch. Universiti Teknologi MARA Perlis Branch offered
    15 co-curriculum activities included SUKSIS, Komander Kesatria, Bomba, and Angkatan Pertahanan
    Awam Malaysia. Unfortunately, in the selection system of co-curriculum activities, some students did
    not have the opportunity to select curriculum activities of their choice and interest. Questionnaire
    developed by Lovibond and Lovibond’s (1995) entitled Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Scale (DASS21) was issued to 120 student members of SUKSIS, Komander Kesatria, Bomba, and Angkatan
    Pertahanan Awam Malaysia. In terms of the level of mental health, the student members of SUKSIS
    and Komander Kesatria suffered mild level of depression, while members of Bomba and Angkatan
    Pertahanan Awam Malaysia experienced normal level of depression. In relation to anxiety level,
    members of Suksis and Komander Kesatria suffered moderate level of anxiety, while members of
    Bomba and Angkatan Pertahanan Awam Malaysia experienced mild level of anxiety. Although the
    members of Komander Kesatria, Bomba and Angkatan Pertahanan Awam Malaysia experienced normal
    level of stress, the members of SUKSIS armed uniform body are mildly stressed. These findings provide
    an insight on mental health among students of tertiary education which is a very serious health issue
    that demands further exploration for development of effective co-curriculum activities. Hopefully,
    future researchers could relate this health issue with studies on other populations and demographic
    characteristics.
    Matched MeSH terms: Demography
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